Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2007, this is a sumptuous epic set in Malaya during the time of the Japanese invasion. \'A powerful first novel about a tumultuous and almost forgotten period of history.\' TLS.
It follows the friendship in 1939 between a 16 year old half English and half Chinese boy and a Japanese diplomat. loyalty, loss and the nature of enduring love, it\'s rich in imagery and action.
With themes of identity, war, cultural clashes.
Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2007, this is a sumptuous epic set in Malaya during the time of the Japanese invasion